| Description | Press cuttings [including transcripts of articles], extracts from publications and journals and printed ephemera of the Conservative Central Office, possibly removed from a press cutting volume, from international, national and regional presses/publications including 'The Saturday Review', 'The Rural World', 'The Pall Mall Gazette', 'The Spectator', 'The Times', 'The Scotsman', 'The Birmingham Daily Post', 'The South Wales Daily News', 'The Liverpool Weekly Post' and 'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle', relating to current political affairs including Irish Home Rule and related legislation [Prevention of Crimes, Coercion, Arrears, Evicted Tenants, and Land Purchase Bills], the Phoenix Park murders, speeches and debates in the House of Commons relating to Irish matters, Joseph Chamberlain's attitude towards the Irish Question and his relations with William Gladstone [Prime Minister, 1880-1885, 1886; 1892-1894]; biographical details of Chamberlain and his political colleagues; and miscellaneous political matters including old age pensions and Railway Rates Bill |